Excited to be in Malaysia for #ISW2024KualaLumpur conference representing Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO). Good to see friends and colleagues from the US and around the globe. 4 continents represented in these pix.

“I do my Whipples through a 10 cm incision without a bookwalter” “I do my Whipples laparoscopically” “I do my Whipples robotically in 2 hours” Abu Dhabi: “Hold my beer” #ISW2024KualaLumpur

Our SSAT Program Co-Chair, V. Liana Tsikitis, delivering the Plenary update on rectal cancer - observe or resect? - Watch & Wait approach is safe with intense surveillance - Regrowth is safe to undergo salvage resection - Much more to be learnt in this space #ISW2024KualaLumpur

Late to tweeting but loved having Melissa Hogg speak to #MayoHPB about #ROBOTRAIN & responsible robotics practices today! The consummate educator, this #HPBHeroine highlighted others, made a clear case for concentrated education, and inspired us! Cornelius A. Thiels Patrick Starlinger_TELL International

Exceptional talk by herb chen on Surgical Leadership at International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) #ISW2024KualaLumpur ✔️ Developing a clear, long-term vision is crucial for sustainable success His achievements at @uabsurgery speak volumes about the impact of strong leadership and strategic planning

Inspiring talk by Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery on 🤖 pancreatic surgery featuring excellent 🤖 Whipple outcomes (compiled by Tan Po Hong 🌟 #GenSurgMatch2025) 🤖 is here to enhance, not to replace Thanks for joining IASSS at #ISW2024KualaLumpur

Ok, #ISW2024KualaLumpur isn’t just about crazy ppts on Whipples w/o intubation. Salvatore Paiella repping Pancreas Verona talking about antibiotic stewardship & scaling back on the pipe-tazo craze after Michael D’Angelica Henry Pitt, MD’s JAMA RCT. Debate topic for Panc Club?

Amazing to present and meet so many surgeons from around the world! Highlight of the meeting was hanging out with Dr. Neumann, founder of ⁦WomenSurgeons⁩ and such an inspiration! #ISW2024

Strong Hopkins Surgery connections at #ISW2024KualaLumpur meeting in Malaysia. Tarpley, Sarr, Zeiger, Camila Guetter, MD MPH, Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, herb chen #SurgMentoring #SurgTweeting

Registration is now Open for the Mayo Clinic Interactive Surgery Symposium 2025 in Kauai, Hawaii. Come to the premier general surgical #CME course! Feb 2-7, 2025. #MayoISS_25 ce.mayo.edu/surgical-speci…

The OncoAlert 🚨Newsletter NOW OUT Covering August 23-29, 2024 Register at Oncoalert360.com or oncoalert.m-pages.com/nhMpwe/oncoale… Discussing: ✅EV302 leads to authorization in Europe🇪🇺 ✅ESMO Tumour-Agnostic Classifier and Screener ✅Next-generation #LungCancer 🫁

Thank you OncoAlert for featuring the recent article by Allison Martin, MD MPH Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH et al on a guide to large data sets for cancer research. Check out the full review article: acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…

Join the SSO Research Committee for an upcoming session on transforming ideas from "back of a napkin" into impactful cancer care! Learn about grants, funding strategies, and staying at the cutting edge of research! Register today: ow.ly/5ccl50SRjpt

The 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons #SAAS2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana has officially started! Join us for the SAAS 2024 meeting welcome by SAAS President Eugene Kim, MD. #SAAS2024

Great start to #SAAS2024 - SocAsianAcadSurg President Eugene Kim opening the meeting in #NewOrleans - full house! Susan Tsai, MD, MHS Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 moderating plenaries…

Excellent session on HPB surgery moderated by Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH Young K. Hong 홍영기, MD MPH FACS, FSSO #SAAS2024 SocAsianAcadSurg . Excellent research presented by University of Iowa Surgery

Thanks Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery! #SAAS2024 SocAsianAcadSurg 📸 Gopika SenthilKumar, PhD

Amazing turnout! The first year that Associate attendance has surpassed Active attendance - and the largest meeting to date! 🪷 And thank you to all the SocAsianAcadSurg faculty who volunteered to mentor at the Assoc member lunch 🙏🏻 so grateful for the incredible trainee support

Incredible first day of #SAAS2024 with old and new friends!!! Wendelyn Oslock, MD, MBA (she/her) Melissa Drezdzon Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH

HPB peeps > So the AMA CMS Medicare physician payment schedule RVU code now for Lap Distal Panc and Spleen 38120 bills 17 RVUs. Open is 26. Lap spleen is the same code at 17. Lap gastrectomy 31. Open chole 17. Thoughts? Another conference topic? CMSGov AMA